Replace: 02/03/2022: It Takes Two has now offered greater than ten million copies, doubling its 5 million document set this time final yr.
Introduced on developer Hazelight Studios’ Twitter (beneath), the workforce mentioned “our minds are formally blown” as they celebrated the spectacular quantity.
“Probably twice as many gamers have loved our sport,” it added. “We by no means dared to dream of so many followers. Thanks for all of the love.”
Our minds are formally blown.#ItTakesTwo has offered over 10 (TEN!) MILLION ??
Probably twice as many gamers have loved our sport – we by no means dared to dream of so many followers!Thanks for all of the love. ? pic.twitter.com/GzF1UL7ZUn
— Hazelight Studios (@HazelightGames) February 3, 2023
Unique Story: 02/07/2022: It Takes Two has offered 5 million copies, together with two million since October, developer Hazelight Studios has introduced.
The developer tweeted (beneath) that “our workforce is totally surprised simply fascinated with what number of gamers have now loved our sport.”
Hazelight beforehand introduced on October 13 that the award-winning co-op sport had handed three million items offered, exhibiting that It Takes Two had a powerful vacation interval efficiency with not less than two million gross sales.
5… that’s FIVE million copies of #ItTakesTwo offered! ???
Our workforce is totally surprised simply fascinated with what number of gamers have now loved our sport! ?
— Hazelight Studios (@HazelightGames) February 4, 2022
It Takes Two received a number of classes at The Sport Awards 2021 together with general sport of the yr, greatest multiplayer sport, and greatest household sport. It was among the many nominees for IGN’s sport of the yr however in the long run fell to Forza Horizon 5.
We referred to as the sport “wonderful”, saying “It Takes Two is a spectacular co-op journey that lays down a path of nice gameplay concepts and makes use of it to play a giddy sport of hopscotch.”
A number of well-known faces from the gaming business have additionally praised the sport. Darkish Souls director Hidetaka Miyazaki mentioned it was a standout of 2021 alongside executives at Naughty Canine who additionally mentioned it was their sport of the yr.
It Takes Two’s success has led it past the gaming sphere, as Hazelight Studios has partnered with dj2 Leisure to create diversifications for movie and tv.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who often remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale.